Lawyers urged Sydney man to reconsider leaving most of $30m estate to GP after police raid, court hears

A wealthy Sydney man who left his estate to his GP was urged to reconsider after the solicitor responsible for authorising the will had his office raided by police, a court has heard.

Raymond McClure, who died aged 84 in 2017, had altered his will twice in the five months before he died to leave his GP, Dr Peter Alexakis, 90% of his estate worth more than $30m.

The will is also subject to multiple cross-claims. Alexakis says he had no knowledge McClure included him in the will and he never discussed the extent of the estate with his patient.

On Wednesday, solicitors from the legal firm that prepared the final will, Peter Skouteris and Angelo Andresakis, gave evidence.

Skouteris told the court the letter was written not because of any concern with the conduct of Alexakis, but because of the police investigation.

He said police had never raided his offices in relation to an investigation into the preparation of a will in the more than 25 years he had worked at the firm.

McClure died less than six weeks after the letter was sent. The final will was not revised.